Healthy homemade Quinoa Crunch Cereal is loaded with healthy ingredients. It tastes great as a breakfast cereal or topping for yogurt or salad.

Glass jar filled with toasted quinoa, almonds, and pumpkin seed granola.

Quinoa is a gluten-free grain that is high in protein and fibre, making it a perfect addition to homemade breakfast cereals. This recipe uses maple syrup as a sweetener, which is a much healthier alternative to refined sugar.

To make this cereal even healthier, you can add other ingredients like chia seeds, hemp seed, flaxseed, sesame seeds, or dried fruit.

Glass bowl of yogurt topped with quinoa granola.

Don't save this cereal just for breakfast, it is great for a mid-day snack or post work-out snack. Quinoa crunch cereal is a tasty topping for yogurt, salads or smoothies. I add some to my strawberry oatmeal recipe.

This recipe is comes from one of my favorite cookbooks, Nourish, whole foods recipes featuring Seeds, Nuts & Beans.

This homemade granola recipe is easy to make, nutritionally dense, and tastes amazing!

Quinoa Crunch Cereal

Laureen King

Quinoa Crunch Cereal tastes amazing on on plain Greek, sprinkled on top of salad, or just plain in a bowl with milk

5 from 2 votes

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Cook Time 10

Total Time 10

Course Breakfast, Healthy Snack

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 400 kcal

Ingredients

2 cups quinoa rinsed
1 cup raw almonds chopped
¼ cup pumpkin seeds
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 tablespoon organic canola oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375º F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Rinse quinoa.
Toss together quinoa, almonds, pumpkin seeds, maple syrup and oil.
Spread on prepared baking sheet.
Bake until toasty and fragrant, 10-12 minutes.
Let cool completely.
Store cereal in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 month.

Notes

Some tasty options to add: sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, or hemp seeds.

Nutrition

Calories: 400kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 14gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 530mgFiber: 7gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 99mgIron: 4mg

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